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My first comment is shame on the coach for trying this. Second, shame on the officials for letting this one go.
My other thought is this...I'm not really of the mindset to dissect whether the snap was legal or not, as we do not need any technicality to penalize the use of this play. It became illegal when the "wrong ball" strategy was used. If it is not a legal snap, why let the coach feel that this play will somehow become legal just by revising how the ball is snapped? He needs to get the message that this type of play is clearly illegal. Futhermore, A has come up to the line of scrimmage. If it is an approved ball (going under the assumption that that umpire "tests" the footballs pregame), why would it even matter if this wasn't the ball they wanted? Maybe they have a kicking ball, etc., but if the ball is legal, approved, etc., and they are coming up for the snap, it really does not matter whether or not this is the exact ball that they want.
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Good point, PSU. In addition to all the other crap going on, the officials were remiss in 1) letting A change balls 2) letting the players handle the change of balls rather than the officials. That makes me suspect that the crew had been told by the coach about this "trick" play and knew what was happening. Otherewise, you'd think they would have stopped the clock to either deny the change to to handle it themselves.
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Just in case some of you missed this post from yesterday.
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